Essence USA – August 2019

Final touches are per- formed on a model’s hair before a video shoot. It’s wedding day for a group of Nubian brides outfitted in ...

Among the hundreds of thousands of residents living in one of the continent’s largest urban slums are artisans and creatives who ...

Stephen Okoth is well- known in Kibera for his sense of style. Dennis Andere is the reigning Mr. Kibera, a title he received at ...

have used social media to grow their following. Rono suggests that the number of people looking to these avenues to promote and ...

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BODY & SOUL. After a rough breakup she didn’t see coming, Power star and single mom Naturi Naughton shares her truth and les ...

B eing a celebrity woman in the entertainment business doesn’t exempt me from heart- break or the ups and downs of love. And my ...

adviser. Maintaining my sanity was challenging some days, but with my counselor’s help and the support of my family, I made it. ...

THE SOLVE (^) B O D Y (^) & (^) S O U L The Secrets to More Satisfying Sex W hen it comes to getting intimate, no one minds ...

THE NIGHTSTAND Set the mood. Make it a red-light-special kind of night with the swipe of a finger by using ilumi A19 Color LED S ...

HAVE LOVE, WILL TRAVEL W hen Joan “Wamuyu” Ndarathi pulled up to a local biker event in Nairobi, her hometown, in 2016, she had ...

the second marriage for Wamuyu, who is a proud mom to two teenagers, a daughter, 19, and a son, 16. Their connection was so stro ...

PROMOTION Clockwise from left top to bottom: 1. A snapshot of the AVEENO® sampling station 2. Dove Care Between Washes Dry Shamp ...

’Wine It Up! Our intrepid editor tried the hip-twisting fun that is the Brukwine dance fitness craze BY JASMINE GRANT THE BREAKD ...

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THE TO PARIS Cool G irl's G uide We tapped six of the city’s most influential tastemakers for a peek at Black Paris from their v ...

(^) L IV IN G P aris has often dictated what’s fly. Since the eighteenth century, the popular French city has set trends and the ...

SEE: Parc de la Villette “A huge park where you can lie out and [enjoy] concerts, cinema and expositions.” EAT: Strasbourg– Sain ...

ESSENCE ESCAPES (^) L IV IN G JAMAICA Lifestyle director Metanoya Z. Webb curates the perfect getaway on the island’s treasured ...

I ’ve traveled to Jamaica more times than I can count, and each time I go it’s hard to leave. When I do leave, I’m already mak- ...